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melee cipher build

Raven Darkholme

Posted 17 April 2015 - 12:23 PM

Raven Darkholme

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I don't really see whats special about 15 dmg, 2 focus and killing lions. When I killed the ogre and elder bears I was constantly going up to 90, burning it in few seconds and up again. I would have gotten slaughtered with your approach tbh.

Raven Darkholme

Posted 17 April 2015 - 12:38 PM

Ruminate

Posted 17 April 2015 - 01:04 PM

Ruminate

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A heavy armored cipher wielding an estoc, without draining whip, and without retaliation, can generate focus faster than a naked cipher wielding a blunderbuss with draining whip. (keyword: can, not will)

Estocs deal much more DPS compared to a blunderbuss against low/medium DR targets, and much more DPS against higher DR targets.

The higher your DPS, the higher your focus generation.

Since draining whip is a static +12 focus per blunderbuss volley(12 focus is equivalent to 48 damage... keyword: damage, not DPS), there is a threshold where a certain amount of damage bonus will allow the heavy armored estoc to eclipse the naked blunderbuss.

Naked Ciphers with dual stilettos and draining whip can probably generate focus the fastest of them all, though.

knownastherat

Posted 18 April 2015 - 12:46 AM

According to combat log enemy was paralyzed almost whole time and if it was not it was not of lack of Focus but bad timing

End Focus 43

If you want to put it that way, yes I took screen shot lasting 14 sec. Though I am still not sure where those 14 comes from. Mine hits are for 9 sec and grazes for 4.5 sec and target was still paralyzed the whole time despite much shorter time than in dispute.

Daemonjax

Posted 18 April 2015 - 02:39 AM

It's not like the OP was asking for some solo run melee tank cipher ownage build.

With 5 other characters in the party, you can be a melee cipher when it's appropriate and used ranged when it's not.

The ideal situation to switch to melee cipher is against an easy to crit target target that's paralyzed and debuffed (preferably trying to attack someone else), dual-wielding spell proccing weapons -- and the faster the better. Why melee at all? Because you already used your blunderbuss and don't want to waste time reloading it. Plus style points.